August 21, 2025 Most Wanted Person of the Day Suspect Name: Robert Paul Rios Suspects Date of Birth: January 22, 1998 Physical Description: Hispanic Male, 5’ 8, 240 lbs., Brown Hair, Green Eyes. Charges: Second degree burglary Warrant Number: F25902261 Synopsis of the Case: Robert Paul Rios is wanted on...
Fresno Police Arrest Suspect After Shooting Near River Park
Fresno police arrested an 18-year-old man Wednesday evening after he allegedly fired shots at another vehicle near Blackstone and Nees avenues, authorities said. Officers from the Northeast Policing District responded around 7:30 p.m. to reports of gunfire and were directed to a parking lot west of the Ruth’s Chris Steak...
Israel Bombards Gaza City Ahead of Planned Offensive
CAIRO/JERUSALEM — The Israeli military maintained its pressure on Gaza City with heavy bombardments overnight, residents said, ahead of a Thursday meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his ministers on plans to seize the enclave's largest city. The military a day earlier called up 60,000 reservists in a sign...
Fresno Hosts Giddy Up N’ Groove Country Festival Before Dog Daze Fest
The Eve Group, organizers of Dog Daze Fest set for Sept. 6 with The Chainsmokers, are kicking off the weekend with a country music twist. Giddy Up N' Groove, an all-ages day festival, will take place Friday, Sept. 5, at Chukchansi Park from 4 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Headlining the...
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Latest Role Is Social Media Troll
Just a few months ago, the X account run by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s press office was pushing out anodyne content that was barely noticed in the social media landscape. It touted Newsom’s effort to improve vocational education in California. It announced that a new steel mill was breaking ground. It...
Putin’s Demand to Ukraine: Give up Donbas, No NATO and No Western Troops, Sources Say
MOSCOW — Vladimir Putin is demanding that Ukraine give up all of the eastern Donbas region, renounce ambitions to join NATO, remain neutral and keep Western troops out of the country, three sources familiar with top-level Kremlin thinking told Reuters. The Russian president met Donald Trump in Alaska on Friday...
Trump’s Civil Fraud Penalty Is Thrown out by New York Appeals Court
A New York state appeals court threw out on Thursday an approximately half-billion dollar penalty that Donald Trump had been ordered to pay after a judge found that the U.S. president fraudulently overstated the value of his properties and other assets to bolster his family business. The decision by a...
James Dobson, American Evangelical Activist, Dies at 89
James Dobson, a formidable force in America's social conservative movement and promoter of an anti-abortion and "pro-family" agenda, died on Thursday at age 89. Dobson had an audience of millions through his Focus on the Family group, radio show and books. No cause was given for his death, according to...
California Supreme Court Paves the Way for Democrats’ Redistricting Plan
The California Senate on Thursday was set to act on newly drawn political maps aimed at giving Democrats five more seats in Congress, countering a partisan advantage President Donald Trump hopes to gain from a Republican redistricting plan in Texas. California Democrats, led by Governor Gavin Newsom, are pushing to...
US Existing Home Sales Tick up Unexpectedly in July
Sales of previously owned U.S. homes ticked unexpectedly higher in July, but the pace of sales remains sluggish amid affordability issues for buyers thanks to high house prices and interest rates on mortgages. Home sales rose 2.0% last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.01 million units from...